bootmaker

English

Etymology

From boot +‎ maker.

Noun

bootmaker (plural bootmakers)

A maker of boots; a cobbler.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 48:
  "He was one of those men," said Isabella, "who have no separate existence from their tailor, unless, indeed, a portion be claimed by the glover and bootmaker. I should as soon think of marrying a suit of clothes."

Translations

a maker of boots, a cobbler

Armenian: կոշկակար (hy) (koškakar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 靴匠 (zh) (xuējiàng)
French: bottier (fr) m
Hungarian: csizmadia (hu)
Irish: gréasaí m
Italian: stivalaio m
Macedonian: чизмар m (čizmar)
Ottoman Turkish: چزمه‌جی (çizmeci)
Romanian: cizmar (ro) m, cizmăreasă (ro) f
Turkish: çizmeci (tr)

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